Oatmeal Bread with Cinnamon and Raisins

By Adding Cinnamon and Raisins to the Oatmeal Bread formula that precedes this one, two significant things happen: First, the spice of the cinnamon and the sweetness of the raisins change the flavor markedly. Second, the cinnamon (specifically the chemical compound cinnamic aldehyde) greatly impairs the yeast’s activity, so a higher percentage of yeast is necessary to overcome it. (Tree-bark spices in general, such as mace, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon, have compounds that inhibit